Lund
Lund ranks 482nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kranj, Wimbledon, London, and Almaty. Memorable people born in Lund include Tycho Brahe, Max von Sydow, and Kai Siegbahn. Memorable people who died in Lund include Johannes Rydberg, Louis Gerhard De Geer, and Lars Hörmander. Lund has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many biologists and physicists. Lund is located in Sweden.
Lund is a city in the southern Swedish province of Scania, across the Öresund strait from Copenhagen, Denmark. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 as of 2018. It is the seat of Lund Municipality, Scania County. The Öresund Region, which includes Lund, is home to more than 4.1 million people. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1546 and 1989, Lund was the birth place of 25 globally memorable people, including Tycho Brahe, Max von Sydow, and Kai Siegbahn. Additionaly, 11 globally memorable people have passed away in Lund including Johannes Rydberg, Louis Gerhard De Geer, and Lars Hörmander.
People Born in Lund
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Tycho Brahe
1546 - 1601
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 1
Max von Sydow
1929 - 2020
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 2
Kai Siegbahn
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3
Jacob Georg Agardh
1813 - 1901
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 4
Carl Fredrik Hill
1849 - 1911
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 5
Elin Wägner
1882 - 1949
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 6
Mikael Håfström
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 7
Stellan Nilsson
1922 - 2003
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 8
Måns Zelmerlöw
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 9
Lukas Moodysson
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 10
Jakob Cedergren
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 11
Ulf Kristersson
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Lund
Go to all RankingsCarl Fredrik Hill
1849 - 1911
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 5
Jakob Cedergren
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 11
Andreas Palicka
1986 - Present
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 16
Sverker Johansson
1961 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 17
People Deceased in Lund
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Johannes Rydberg
1854 - 1919
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 1
Louis Gerhard De Geer
1818 - 1896
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 2
Lars Hörmander
1931 - 2012
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 3
Carl Charlier
1862 - 1934
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 4
Jacob Georg Agardh
1813 - 1901
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 5
Carl Fredrik Hill
1849 - 1911
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 6
Torsten Hägerstrand
1916 - 2004
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 7
Sven Nilsson
1787 - 1883
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 8
Birgitta Trotzig
1929 - 2011
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 9
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
1785 - 1874
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 10
Carl Fredrik Fallén
1764 - 1830
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Deceased in Lund
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Lund were soccer players (4), actors (3), writers (3), singers (3), and physicists (2), while most who died were biologists (3), physicists (1), politicians (1), mathematicians (1), and astronomers (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Lund, including Max von Sydow, Jakob Cedergren, and Sverrir Gudnason. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Lund, including Stellan Nilsson, Daniel Andersson, and Andreas Jakobsson.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 7 globally memorable people born in Lund since 1700.
